(19)
(11) EP 1 631 073 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
08.03.2006 Bulletin 2006/10

(43) Date of publication A2:
01.03.2006 Bulletin 2006/09

(21) Application number: 05012886.7

(22) Date of filing: 15.06.2005
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H04N 5/14(2006.01)
G06T 7/20(2006.01)
H04N 7/18(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR LV MK YU

(30) Priority: 31.08.2004 US 930254

(71) Applicants:
  • Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.
    61392 Tel Aviv (IL)
  • Nice Systems Ltd.
    43107 Ra'anana (IL)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kiryati, Nahum
    Tel Aviv 69499 (IL)
  • Riklin-Raviv, Tamar
    Givatayim 53316 (IL)
  • Ivanchenko, Yan
    Nes Ziona 74062 (IL)
  • Rochel, Shay
    Kiryat Tivon 36031 (IL)
  • Dvir, Igal
    43263 Ra'anana (IL)
  • Harari, Daniel
    76305 Rehovot (IL)

(74) Representative: Appelt, Christian W. 
FORRESTER & BOEHMERT Anwaltssozietät Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22
80336 München
80336 München (DE)

   


(54) Apparatus and methods for the detection of abnormal motion in a video stream


(57) An apparatus and method for detection of abnormal motion in video stream, comprising a training phase for defining normal motion and a detection phase for detecting abnormal motions in the video stream. Motion is detected according to motion vectors and motion features extracted from video frames.





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